Combined quilting-frame and ironing-board.



No. 865,409. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907. M. M. LOWRY. COMBINED QUILTING FRAME AND IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1907.

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MOSES M. LOWRY,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF HODGES, TEXAS.

COMBINE!) QUILTING-FRAME AND IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed February 4,1907. Serial No. 355.660.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mosns M. LowRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hodges, in the county of Jones and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Combined Quilting-Frame and Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to combined quilting frames and ironing boards and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described. I

The object of the invention is to provide a quilting frame, the parts of which may be separated and stored in compact form when the frame is not set up, said frame having a part which may be used to advantage as an ironing board, said part having a prop pivotally attached thereto which is adapted to rest upon the floor at one end and clamp the ironing board to the edge of a table at its other end.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the quilting frame, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ironing board member of the quilting frame.

The device consists of the uprights 1 and 2. The cross-bar 3 is pivoted at one end to the upright 1 and at its opposite end lies in a recess 4 provided at the upper end of the upright 2 and is secured therein by means of cross-pins 5 or other suitable devices. The bar 6 is pivoted to the lower portion of the upright 1 and is provided with a chamfered end 7 and a hook 8. The prop 9 passes through the lower portion of the upright 2 and is pivoted between the parallel strips 10 attached to the inner side of the said upright 2. The inner end of the said prep 9 is chamfered as at 11 and is adapted to abut against the inner chamfered end 7 of the bar 6. The said prop 9 is provided with an eye 12 for the reception of the hook 8. The opposite end of the prep 9 projects beyond the outer side of the upright 2 and is provided with a notch 13. The arms 14 are provided with pins 15 which enter perforations provided in the uprights 1 and 2. Said arms stand out from the said uprights substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis thereof. The shaft of the roller 16 is journaled in the rear portions of the said arm 14 while the shaft of the roller 17 is journaled in the forward portion of the said arms 14. Each of said rollers is provided with ratchets 18 and the spring actuated pawls 19 are mounted upon the arms 14 and enter said ratchets for the purposeof retaining the rollers against rotation when the device is used as a quilting frame. When the device is so used the mate rial is wound from one roller to the other and as the space between the said rollers is opened plenty of room is afforded for access to the work. When it is desired to store the frame the rollers 16 and 17 are removed from the arms 14, the said arms are removed from the uprights l and 2, the hook 8 is disengaged from the eye 12 and the bar 6 is swung up against the upright 1. and the prep 9 against the upright 2. The pins 5 are removed from the bar 3 and the said bar is swung down along the uprights 1. The parts are thus separated or collapsed and may be'placed together in compact form for storage or shipment. After the parts have been separated, as above described, the upright 2 in conjunction with the prop 9 pivotally connected therewith may be used as an ironing board. The lower end of the upright 2 is inserted under the edge of a table and the notch 13 of the prop 9 is placed over the edge of the table and the chainfered end 11 of the said prop bears upon the floor. Thus the part 2 is supported upon the table and may be used for ironing.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising uprights. a cross-bar pivoted to one upright and engaging the other upright. a bar pivoted to one upright and having a chamfered end, a prop pivoted to the other upright and having a chamfered end. a means for connecting the last said bar and said prop together. detachable arms mounted upon the uprights and detachable rollers journaled between the said arms.

2. A device of the character described comprising uprights, one of which may be used as an ironing board, a bar pivoted to the upright, not intended for such use. and engaging the ironing board upright, a prop pivotally at tached to the ironing board upright and projecting through thesame and having a notch located beyond the outer sides or said uprights and being chamfered at its inner end, a bar pivoted to the other upright and having a chamfered end for abutment against the chamfered end of the prop. means for securingthe last said bar and said prop together, detachable arms mounted upon the uprights and detachable rollers journaled between the said arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixcd my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MOSES M. LOWRY.

Witnesses G. G. BownN, J. E. BUSH. 

